Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:47:58 +0200 From: vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird incompatibility of compaq evo 510 PCs Message-ID: <200510122147.58993.vdemart1@tin.it> In-Reply-To: <44oe5v0vt9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <12268731.1129041233928.JavaMail.root@pswm5.cp.tin.it> <44oe5v0vt9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Alle 14:22, mercoled=EC 12 ottobre 2005, Lowell Gilbert ha scritto: > Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> writes: > > At office I have an old compaq 450 (p3, 450MHz,128MB) working as a > > postgresql 8.03 server under freebsd 5.4. > > Now having the chance of > > substituting it with a newer Compaq Evo 510 (p4,2,8 GHz, 512MB) to be > > on the safe side I tested this new pc trying to run freesbie 1.1 on it > > from a CD. Unfortunately after showing the usual line with > > root@casad'amico etc.. a cryptic message of fatal error popped up > > saying something like: > > > > int=3D0000000d err=3D00000000 efl=3D00030246 > > eip=3D00003034 eax=3D0000205d > > ebx=3D00000004 > > > > etc, etc. > > > > Furthermore, > > identical diagnostics popped up trying to boot FreeBSD from the > > primary hd of the old pc mounted on this new one. > > Thinking that there > > was something wrong with that specific box only I tried: > > a) to boot > > freesbie on other compaq evo 510 in my office but all of them failed to > > boot with the same (or similar??) diagnostics; > > b) the freesbie cd is ok > > having tested it on other boxes; > > b) using a cd for the installation of > > M$ windows on the evo 510 it all works like a charm and everything is > > installed. > > > > My questions are: > > 1) Is this a known incompatibility of the > > Compaq evo 510 PCs ( a search in the internet didn't shed any light on > > it!); > > 2) Is there any way to overcome the problem and how? > > Try to install FreeBSD 6.0 on one of these machines. > It's more likely to work, and if it doesn't, it is likely to give more > information about what is wrong. > > The information you gave definitely isn't enough to go on. I had a go at freebsd 6.0-beta5 on the same compaq evo 510 to no avail. Sam= e=20 results. A total failure with the same diagnostics. Nothing more ..... Whilst .... both netbsd and openbsd work flawlessly. I'll switch to one of= =20 them. Ciao Vittorio
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